0.007 ounce of beef protein present No wonder the broths don’t taste much like meat! To quickly and cheaply boost the flavor of canned beef broth, most manufacturers rely on yeast and vegetable extracts While yeast extracts are great for adding a savory boost to your stews, I’d much rather have control over its addition myself (many of my recipes call for Marmite, a yeast extract) If you’re gonna go canned, go with low-sodium chicken broth SHOPPING FOR BROTH A lways buy chicken or vegetable broth, not beef (see “Where’s the Beef (Stock)?,” above) Here are couple tips for what to look for in a canned broth: • Buy low-sodium broth This will allow you to adjust the seasoning to your taste instead of being tied to the (usually very high) salt levels of the canned broth • Buy broth in resealable Tetra-packs, not cans Like many packaged foods, broth will start going bad as soon as you open it A resealable Tetra-pack will help prolong its lifetime, allowing you to use as little or as much as you need while storing the rest in the fridge HOW TO MAKE CANNED BEANS TASTE GOOD I love beans and my wife loves soup, which makes winter a great time of the year for both of us Well, not exactly The reality is that my wife loves soup and I love whiskey It’s a would-be serendipitous situation for both parties involved, considering how often the spirit moves me to make soup when I’m tipsy I accidentally made soup again, dear, I tell her I say would-be, because my wife seems to prefer my sober soup to my drunk soup (even though the latter always tastes better to me) So this year I decided that I love beans almost as much as I love whiskey, and that I love my wife significantly more than I love either, and so I would trade in the bottle for the legume, and drunk soup for bean soup Of course, with the cold weather and lack of spirits, I was ready to get cracking right away Problem is, dried beans are not exactly fast food, ... sober soup to my drunk soup (even though the latter always tastes better to me) So this year I decided that I love beans almost as much as I love whiskey, and that I love my wife significantly more than I love either,... and that I love my wife significantly more than I love either, and so I would trade in the bottle for the legume, and drunk soup for bean soup Of course, with the cold weather and lack of spirits, I was ready to get cracking... winter a great time of the year for both of us Well, not exactly The reality is that my wife loves soup and I love whiskey It’s a would-be serendipitous situation for both parties involved, considering how often the